ALCOs RS 1,2,and 😁 are my favorite and best versatile 🚂 locomotives. They can go either directions, each ends considered the front of the 🚂 locomotives.
Nice repair Peter! On my channel I recently posted a video where I had an Atlas GP40 run like crap right out of the box brand new. I've got i running better but still not great. So I think i'm going to have to tear it down and rebuild it.
I have watched just about all of your ALCO videos. Not only are they informative, but also like how they are narrated along with the footage shown. Narration and a chance to hear the locomotives work. Great production! It's a shame that ALCO and MLW didn't go further than they did. Sometimes folks aren't as visionary or smart as they think they are. I think all of us would see some superb ALCO products on the rails if they had. Anyway, thanks for your work on this. Enjoyed it much. If you like rabbit holes, maybe a research on ALCO narrow gauge stuff might prove interesting. Once again, thanks!
Thanks for the nice video. For the new Atlas FA's, take apart the trucks and clean out the axle cups. They have too much lube. It should work much better after that.
Why was ALCo playing catch up? Because General Motors cronies (those who benefited financially by certain political decisions) made sure that their assets were protected by insuring that GM got to build road locomotives en masse while ALCo and Baldwin were restricted from building or even developing anything other than steam or switchers. This gave GM an unfair advantage.
I still find C630/C636s chassis fascinating because BHP Iron Ore and some others had their Alcos rebuilt into varies of Dash-7 and Dash-8s with their unique Pilbara cab while still keeping their original Alco bogies and fuel tanks
I will only say that the SD45 when combined with U boats on a single head-end, was a great safety train. That was the case on the SCL anyhow. The pulsating engines were loud and distinct. The "clickety clack" of riveted track was also loud and distinct. Those noise combination, along with the horn, meant you could hear -and feel- these trains moving for at least three miles. I experienced it multiple times a day at school in those days. It was truly something else, and there were much fewer collisions with automotive traffic.
This was the only locomotive that did stall consistently. While the atlas GP 7/9 did initially, once they were broken in, this no longer happened. I have since tried to install DCC in one of these locomotives and was NOT impressed with the internals including wire that appeared to be exposed. I would love to double check that this was the only locomotive, Unfortunately, this was my Christmas layout that has since been disassembled. Thanks for watching!
Do your other trains go over the switch with out a pause or slow down? I have the same issue with one of my locos but my other 4 have no issue at all. I ask because I am interested in this specific loco but I do not want another disappointment.
Great video. Here in Australia we had the SD 38 with Victoria Rsilway know as the X Class. SD 40 we have my favourite class the might C Class again Victoria Railway & the L Class Western Australia Government Railway. All purchased manufactured in Australia & all still on revenue running. Suggest you goggle class leader & Australia's favourite locomotive C 501 ( George Brown ) otherwise known as Big George absolutely a beast of a locomotive. Cheers from Australia Louis Kats 👍
If only the Management wasn’t so divided. If only the best of both Management teams came together to form a New management team for Penn Central and they decided to solve all the issues, then Penn Central may have survived. Also, the Broad Way 4 Track Main Line. I have an idea for that. Two of the Tracks would be used for Freight service, and Two for Passenger, however passenger & freight trains can switch onto the other set of tracks when absolutely necessary.
As a tugboat engineer I have sailed on boats powered by both EMDs 567s 645s and Fairbanks Morse OPs (38 8-1/8s) both are extremely reliable and excellent engines. However I prefer EMDs as they are just easier to work on and don’t have as bad of wet stacking issues. The OP boats when ran offshore towing long distances were fine, however when doing harbor work they had serious wet stacking issues and bad stack fires all the time. Granted EMDs have the same issue it’s not nearly as bad. Even a relatively light load will keep an EMD clean. Not so with an OP. Honestly I’m surprised any of these engines hold up in a locomotive application where they are running in an unmanned engine room and not blown down and prelubed prior to starting.
When I was a kid, I was infatuated with Tyxo's C630 (Alcohol "Super" 630. Of course these are effectively toy trains, and don't hold a candle to even the old Athearn blue box models.
